by Olivia Fratangelo | Mar 31, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
The trope of the notorious so-called “power delegate” is tainted with a decidedly negative connotation in the Model UN community: these delegates are widely disliked for being overly cutthroat and for prioritizing personal gain over the greater productivity of...
by Khadija Sow | Mar 30, 2020 | Community, MUN Articles
Model UN being an activity that brings together students from different parts of the globe makes it something inevitably contradictory to a global pandemic. Model UN delegates all across the world are feeling down right now due to the cancellation of dozens of...
by Iman Shumburo | Mar 24, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
The staple of every major college-run Model UN conference is the massive, standard General Assembly; be it DISEC, SOCHUM, or SPECPOL, these committees can sometimes contain as many as 300 delegates, or more. It goes without saying, then, that making yourself known in...
by Maheen Safian | Mar 22, 2020 | Editorial, MUN Articles
After I graduated high school last spring, I was determined to have a highly productive and career-based summer to put myself on the best track for success in college. As an aspiring political science and law student, I set my ambitions on interning for my local Town...
by Andrew Maglio | Mar 21, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
By far the most commonly and universally applied Model UN skill is the proposition of motions. In any given conference weekend, a competitive delegate likely proposes several dozen, perhaps even a hundred, points or motion to the chair. Motions dictate the format of...